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By Rutherford Birchard Hayes
I am not liked as a President by the politicians in office, in the press, or in Congress. But I am content to abide the judgment — the sober second thought — of the people.
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- Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes, Nineteenth President of the United States, Volume 3, 1924 · p. 463
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- Internet Archive (scan of the original edition, Columbus: Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1924, edited by Charles Richard Williams)
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Hayes wrote this in his diary, published as Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes (Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, edited by Charles Richard Williams). He wrote it in his entry of March 1, 1878, a year into his term, after saying he has tried to do his duty and has made mistakes, mainly in appointments.